Thank you for clarifying, Paul.
Talking about the financial war implies certainly a different perspective than
dealing with the humanitarian crisis caused by the social war.
Hinrich
You're welcome, Hinrich. Yes, I am focusing upon the external financial
(non military) actors against Greece implementing anti-austerity.
For example, "Bids were solicited for the gas company, DEPA, under the
previous government, which had also promised to partly sell off the
other two [gas and largest oil refiner]. Mr. Lafazanis [Energy Minister]
also opposed plans to privatize the power grid operator, in comments to
another newspaper, Ethnos, claiming that the bids made to date 'are not
binding.' " (NYT, 2/25/2015)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/business/international/greek-energy-official-opposes-privatization.html?_r=0#story-continues-2>
However, "The Greek economic plan approved by eurozone finance ministers
on Tuesday promised not to roll back any privatization projects already
in the works. Moreover, Greece needs the few billion euros that those
sales might raise." (ibid.)
So, are those external actors going to accept halting privatizations,
and the euros thereby brought into the Greek Treasury? Or, will they
take a hard line in any negotiations? I think the latter, for pretty
straightforward reasons.
Paul Zarembka
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